Big Ten Network may go dark on Dish

11:42 PM,
Aug. 26, 2012

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An impasse between the Big Ten Network and satellite company Dish Network could prevent customers from watching the opening weekend of the college football season.

Elizabeth Conlisk, the BTN's vice president of communications and university relations, said Sunday that the agreement between the Big Ten Network and Dish expires Friday - one day before BTN begins its 2012 college football broadcast schedule.

"We've offered proposals to Dish that are consistent with the current market value of the network," Conlisk said. "Dish is insisting on some kind of preferential treatment and is ...